| Deposit ID | 10209824 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0040070468 |
| Record type | Deposit |
| Current site name | Lonesome Pine and Esther Groups |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.90349, 33.34178 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1524 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | Halfway between the Cyprus Miami-Inspiration deposits and the deposits at Ray |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Gila(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Pinal Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)
Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)
Salt(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Tonto National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Gila |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 001 S | 014 E | 14 | E2 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Secondary |
| Tungsten Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Model code | 53 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 17 |
| Deposit model name | Porphyry Cu |
| Mark3 model number | 4 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||
| Rock type qualifier | porphyritic quartz-monzonite (adamellite), granodiorite, quartz-monzonite, and granite porphyry. | ||
| Rock unit name | Schultze Granite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||
| Rock type qualifier | coarse grained quartz-muscovite schist, fine grained quartz-sericite-chlorite schist, and fine grained amphibole schist. | ||
| |||
| Ore Body (1) | -110.90349, 33.34178 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure name | NE-trending vertical fault |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure name | W to NW-trending fault |
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1992 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 20000000short tons | ||||||||||||||
| Remarks | Long, 1995 | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040070468 |
ADMR LONESOME PINE GROUP AND ESTHER GROUP FILE
Long, K.R., 1995, Production and reserves of Cordilleran (Alaska to Chile) porphyry copper deposits, in Pierce, F.W., and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry copper deposits of the American Cordillera: Tucson, Arizona Geological Society Digest 20, p. 35-68.
Olmstead, H.W., and Johnson, D.W., 1966, Inspiration geology, in Titley, S.R., and Hicks, C.L., eds., Geology of the porphyry copper deposits, southwestern North America: Tucson, University of Arizona Press, p. 143?150.
The Lonesome Pine and Esther Groups geology is similar to Portergeo Miami Inspiration deposit and the Globe Miami district. 7/27/2010 http://www.portergeo.com.au/index.asp
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 04-NOV-83 | ADMR | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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